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What’s on in Germany: October 15 – 21

This week's highlights: After 60 years a museum reopens in Berlin, Nick Cave reads from his new novel in Hamburg, and Frankfurt holds its annual book fair.

Published: 15 October 2009 09:23 CEST
What's on in Germany: October 15 - 21
'To All Tomorrow's Parties' in Bonn. Photo: Theater Bonn

BERLIN

Galleries/Museums

Reopening of the Neues Museum

Queen Nefertiti has a spacious new home. Well it’s an old home actually. Originally completed in 1855, the Neues Museum was badly damaged during World War II. Saturday, the grand Neoclassical building on Museum Island reopens. Go and see treasures of ancient Egypt, including that beloved bust.

Price: €10

Location: Neues Museum, Bodestrasse 3, Museum Island

Times: Sunday – Wednesday, 10am-6pm; Thursday – Saturday, 10am-8pm; Grand Reopening: Saturday, October 17

Phone: 030 266 42 42 42

More Information: www.neues-museum.de

Illustrative 2009

Over sixty artists from around the globe display their drawings, graphic prints, collages, 3D-illustrations, book art, and animations at this exhibition, which highlights works inspired by subcultures like comic books and graffiti.

Price: €7

Location: Villa Elisabeth and St. Elisabethkirche, Invalidenstrasse 3

Times: Daily, 11am-8pm; Friday, October 16 – Sunday, November 1

Phone: 030 48 49 19 29

More Information: www.illustrative.de

Events

Festival of Lights

All your favourite Berlin buildings will be awash in colourful illuminations all week long for the Festival of Lights. Lots of attractions will stay open unusually late for the event, including a spooky World War II air-raid shelter. Take a “Lightseeing Tour” by bus, boat, bike, or foot, and see Berlin in a whole new light.

Price: Various

Location: Various

Times: Wednesday, October 14 – Sunday, October 25

Phone: 030 3267 9887

More Information: www.city-stiftung-berlin.eu

COLOGNE

Music/Theatre

To All Tomorrow’s Parties

Take a little excursion to Bonn Friday night. Theater Bonn presents “To All Tomorrow’s Parties,” an homage to Nico and the Velvet Underground. It’s a romping stage show, filled with all sorts of 1960s psychedelia and Silver Factory scenes.

Price: €9.90-25.30

Location: Halle Beuel, Siegburger Strasse 42, Bonn

Times: Friday, October 16, 7:30pm

Ticket Hotline: 0228 77 80 08 22

More Information: www.theater-bonn.de

FRANKFURT

Festivals

Frankfurt Book Fair

This year’s guest of honour is China. See what’s new in Chinese literature, meet Chinese authors, and watch Chinese films from 1922 to the present day.

Price: €14

Location: Messegelände, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1

Times: Saturday, October 17, 9am-6:30pm, Sunday, October 18, 9am-5:30pm

More Information: www.frankfurt-bookfair.com

Galleries/Museums

Sol Lewitt: Wall Drawing #261, 1975

Forty-five white lines are drawn across a yellow wall. That’s the premise of Sol Lewitt’s “Wall Drawing #261,” one of over a thousand the American artist conceived before his death in 2007. Frankfurt’s MMK Museum of Modern Art has recreated the drawing for its “Double” series, which presents artworks in a reproduction of a historic exhibition space, the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst in Bremerhaven.

Price: €8

Location: Museum für Moderne Kunst, Domstrasse 10

Times: Tuesday, Thursday – Sunday, 10am-6pm; Wednesday, 10am-8pm

More Information: www.mmk-frankfurt.de

HAMBURG

Music/Concerts

Nick Cave

A unique opportunity for Nick Cave fans occurs at Hamburg’s Kampnagel, Saturday night. The gloomy Australian musician reads from his new novel The Death of Bunny Monro and performs songs with two of the Bad Seeds, Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey.

Price: €50.50

Location: Kampnagel K6, Jarrestrasse 20

Times: Saturday, October 17, 8pm

Ticket Hotline: 40 270 949 49

More Information: www.kampnagel.de

LEIPZIG

Festivals

Festival for Figures, Objects, and Other Theatre

Take the kids to see German fairy tale classics like “Hansel and Gretel” and “Rumpelstiltskin.” This entertaining festival presents a delightful program that runs into November.

Price: €3 – 15

Location: Various

Times: Various dates through November 8

Hotline: 0341 238 80189

More Information: www.theatreart.de

MUNICH

Galleries/Museums

The Long Night of Munich Museums

Get your ticket, hop on the shuttle bus, and go see some museums. Over 80 of them are participating in this year’s event, which means they host special live events, and stay open until two in the morning!

Price: €15

Location: Various

Times: Saturday, October 17, 7pm-2am

More Information: www.muenchner.de

Events

English Language Book Sale

Can you resist a good book sale? Of course not. Head over to the Jesuskirche Haar and browse through hundreds of mysteries, thrillers, romances, children’s books and more! There will also be a selection of CDs and DVDs, and the proceeds will benefit social projects in Tanzania.

Price: Free

Location: Jesuskirche Haar, Waldluststrasse 34

Times: Friday, October 16, 3-7pm

More Information: [email protected]

Children’s Halloween Party

October is upon us, and so is the season for pumpkins, witches, and ghosts. Bring the kids over to Munich’s Kreuzkirche Sunday for the annual Halloween bash, but be sure to make reservations for this frightful feast because the party caps off at 100.

Price: Adults, Free; Kids, €5

Location: Kreuzkirche, Hiltenspergerstrasse 55

Times: Sunday, October 18, 3-5pm

Reservations: 089 5386 8026

More Information: www.sphairos.de

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BERLIN

EXPLAINED: Berlin’s latest Covid rules

In response to rapidly rising Covid-19 infection rates, the Berlin Senate has introduced stricter rules, which came into force on Saturday, November 27th. Here's what you need to know.

Published: 27 November 2021 16:16 CET
Updated: 29 November 2021 14:17 CET
A sign in front of a waxing studio in Berlin indicates the rule of the 2G system
A sign in front of a waxing studio indicates the rule of the 2G system with access only for fully vaccinated people and those who can show proof of recovery from Covid-19 as restrictions tighten in Berlin. STEFANIE LOOS / AFP

The Senate agreed on the tougher restrictions on Tuesday, November 23rd with the goal of reducing contacts and mobility, according to State Secretary of Health Martin Matz (SPD).

He explained after the meeting that these measures should slow the increase in Covid-19 infection rates, which was important as “the situation had, unfortunately, deteriorated over the past weeks”, according to media reports.

READ ALSO: Tougher Covid measures needed to stop 100,000 more deaths, warns top German virologist

Essentially, the new rules exclude from much of public life anyone who cannot show proof of vaccination or recovery from Covid-19. You’ll find more details of how different sectors are affected below.

Shops
If you haven’t been vaccinated or recovered (2G – geimpft (vaccinated) or genesen (recovered)) from Covid-19, then you can only go into shops for essential supplies, i.e. food shopping in supermarkets or to drugstores and pharmacies.

Many – but not all – of the rules for shopping are the same as those passed in the neighbouring state of Brandenburg in order to avoid promoting ‘shopping tourism’ with different restrictions in different states.

Leisure
2G applies here, too, as well as the requirement to wear a mask with most places now no longer accepting a negative test for entry. Only minors are exempt from this requirement.

Sport, culture, clubs
Indoor sports halls will off-limits to anyone who hasn’t  been vaccinated or can’t show proof of recovery from Covid-19. 2G is also in force for cultural events, such as plays and concerts, where there’s also a requirement to wear a mask. 

In places where mask-wearing isn’t possible, such as dance clubs, then a negative test and social distancing are required (capacity is capped at 50 percent of the maximum).

Restaurants, bars, pubs (indoors)
You have to wear a mask in all of these places when you come in, leave or move around. You can only take your mask off while you’re sat down. 2G rules also apply here.

Hotels and other types of accommodation 
Restrictions are tougher here, too, with 2G now in force. This means that unvaccinated people can no longer get a room, even if they have a negative test.

Hairdressers
For close-contact services, such as hairdressers and beauticians, it’s up to the service providers themselves to decide whether they require customers to wear masks or a negative test.

Football matches and other large-scale events
Rules have changed here, too. From December 1st, capacity will be limited to 5,000 people plus 50 percent of the total potential stadium or arena capacity. And only those who’ve been vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 will be allowed in. Masks are also compulsory.

For the Olympic Stadium, this means capacity will be capped at 42,000 spectators and 16,000 for the Alte Försterei stadium. 

Transport
3G rules – ie vaccinated, recovered or a negative test – still apply on the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses in Berlin. It was not possible to tighten restrictions, Matz said, as the regulations were issued at national level.

According to the German Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, people have to wear a surgical mask or an FFP2 mask  on public transport.

Christmas markets
The Senate currently has no plans to cancel the capital’s Christmas markets, some of which have been open since Monday. 

According to Matz, 2G rules apply and wearing a mask is compulsory.

Schools and day-care
Pupils will still have to take Covid tests three times a week and, in classes where there are at least two children who test positive in the rapid antigen tests, then tests should be carried out daily for a week.  

Unlike in Brandenburg, there are currently no plans to move away from face-to-face teaching. The child-friendly ‘lollipop’ Covid tests will be made compulsory in day-care centres and parents will be required to confirm that the tests have been carried out. Day-care staff have to document the results.

What about vaccination centres?
Berlin wants to expand these and set up new ones, according to Matz. A new vaccination centre should open in the Ring centre at the end of the week and 50 soldiers from the German army have been helping at the vaccination centre at the Exhibition Centre each day since last week.

The capacity in the new vaccination centre in the Lindencenter in Lichtenberg is expected to be doubled. There are also additional vaccination appointments so that people can get their jabs more quickly. Currently, all appointments are fully booked well into the new year.

 

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